NLIS 5
August 26, 2005
(Executive Council)
(Innovation, Trade and Rural Development)
 

NOTE TO EDITORS:

On Monday, August 29, Premier Danny Williams will host the 29th Annual New England Governors-Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) in St. John�s. Following is the agenda for the conference and the list of companies participating in the coinciding reverse trade and technology mission.

The conference is taking place at the Fairmont Newfoundland Hotel.

Media contact:

Elizabeth Matthews, Premier's Office, (709) 729-3960, 690-5500
Lynn Evans, Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, (709) 729-4570, 690-6290
Billy Hickey, Intergovernmental Affairs, (709) 729-6985, 691-6390

 

CONFERENCE AGENDA
Monday, August 29, 2005
7:30 � 8:45 a.m. New England Governors� Private Breakfast Columbus Suite
  Premiers� Private Breakfast Confederation Boardroom
9:00 � 9:15 a.m. Welcome Salons A &B
  Premier Danny Williams (NL) Conference host and co-chair

Governor Donald Carcieri (RI) Conference co-chair

 
9:15 � 10:15 a.m. The Current Canada-United States Trade Relationship and its Implications for the Northeast Region  
  Guest Presenters:

Dr. Anthony Cicerone, Chair, Economics Department and Director of Canadian Studies, Bridgewater College, Massachusetts

Dr. Stephen Poloz, Senior V.P. and Chief Economist, Export Development Canada

 
  Report of the Standing Committee on Trade and Globalization  
  Resolution on the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America  
10:15 � 10:30 a.m. Break Foyer of Salons A & B
10:30 � 11:15 a.m. Energy for the Future Salons A & B
  Guest Presenters:

Mr. James Massey, Vice President, ExxonMobil Production Company, with responsibility for operations in Canada/South America

Mr. Thomas Kiley, President of the Northeast Gas Association

 
  Report of the Northeast International Committee on Energy (NICE)  
11:15 a.m. �

12:00 p.m.

Discussion with Ambassadors to Canada and the U.S  
  His Excellency David Wilkins, U.S. Ambassador to Canada

His Excellency Frank McKenna, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.

 
12:00 � 2:15 p.m. Premiers and Governors Private Lunch Cabot Club
  Delegates Lunch Court Garden
2: 15 - 3:00 p.m. Oceans Salons A & B
  Guest Presenters:

Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator

Dr. F. Mary Williams, Director General, National Research Council, Institute for Ocean Technology

 
3:00 � 3:15 p.m. Environment Committee Report  
  Dr. W. Michael Sullivan, Director, Rhode Island, Department of Environmental Management  
3:15 � 3:20 p.m. A Resolution Honouring the Life and Service of William A. Gildea  
3:20 � 3:30 p.m. Closing Session and Site and Date of 30th NEG/ECP Conference  
3:30 � 4:00 p.m. News Conference Salons A & B

U.S. companies participating in NEGECP Reverse Trade and Technology Mission, August 29, 2005

Rhode Island

  • Raytheon � Integrated Defense Systems Business

    Raytheon is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business aviation and special mission aircraft.

Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) is Raytheon's leader in mission systems integration. With a strong international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. armed forces, IDS provides integrated air and missile defense and naval and maritime war fighting solutions. This business unit generates approximately $3.1 billion in revenues and employs more than 12,000 people. IDS is headquartered in Tewksbury, Mass.

  • Accurate Environmental Forecasting Inc.

    AEF is the technological leader for providing numerical weather prediction (NWP) based hurricane hazard products worldwide. Using state-of-the-art hurricane and weather forecast systems, AEF provides their clients with the best scientific information available for managing their atmospheric and oceanic natural catastrophe risk. Additional areas of expertise include forecasting other natural atmospheric hazards (e.g. U.S. winter storms) and analyzing the risk associated with ocean eddies for oil production companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico and other regions. Founded in 1998, AEF is committed to providing expert scientific information in a form that can be easily applied for our client�s risk assessment requirements.
     

  • University of Rhode Island, School of Oceanography

    The Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) of the University of Rhode Island offers instruction leading to the Master of Science and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees in biological, chemical, physical, and geological oceanography as well as in interdisciplinary and related areas such as atmospheric chemistry. In addition, GSO now offers a non-thesis degree, the Master of Oceanography (MO). The Graduate School of Oceanography is located on the Narragansett Bay Campus, six miles from the University's main campus in Kingston, and, as a center for marine studies, is ideally situated on the shore of the West Passage of the bay.

  • University of Rhode Island, Center for Pollution Prevention

    The URI Center for Pollution Prevention (CPP) is a cooperative program that involves government, academia and industry. Since its inception in 1989, the URI CPP has received funding from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other government agencies to assist local businesses in the reduction of waste and pollution.

Today, more than 300 companies from a wide range of industries, including metal finishing, textiles, fish processing and auto refinishing, have benefited from the program. Co-directed by chemical engineering professors Stanley Barnett and Eugene Park, the CPP helps companies achieve the most efficient and cost-effective ways to cut toxic waste production by eliminating hazardous chemicals from industrial processes.

  • Marine Bioconversion, llc

    Marine BioConversion, LLC (MBC) is a start-up company which has developed a patent-pending process that converts squid waste by-product from local processing plants into starter fish feed for aquaculture hatcheries, marketed under the brand name, "SquidHydro". Two years of feed development and testing at the University of Rhode Island (URI) laboratories have resulted in the patent-pending product that allows for improved survival and growth rates for fish larvae. SquidHydro was tested against other commercially available feeds in feeding trials on salmon, flounder, cod and seabream: significant increases in survival and growth rates were observed. Other trials are on going to demonstrate the effectiveness of SquidHydro at various hatcheries who are interested in purchasing SquidHydro. Eventually, a range of SquidHydro products will be available for many different fish species.
     

  • Ninigret Partners

    Ninigret Partners helps businesses, economic development groups, and non profit organizations understand the dynamics of their marketplace and position themselves to succeed in a rapidly changing economy.

  • Sonic Works Inc

    SonicWorks� was begun in 1997 to develop products and services for the underwater robotics industry. The company identified a void in the market for a precision positioning system for underwater robots and raised the capital to develop, under the product name SonicWorks, an Acoustic Positioning and Navigation System (APNS) and Robotic Control System (RCS) that forms the basis for the company�s underwater product/service offering for ship hull, oil platform and dam inspection.

Maine

  • Seabreeze Pacific Regional Transmission Systems Inc

    Sea Breeze Pacific Regional Transmission System, Inc. (SBP-RTS) was formed in 2004 to develop transmission market opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. SBP-RTS is a 50/50 joint venture between Sea Breeze Power Corp. (a Vancouver, British Columbia based renewable energy developer) and Boundless Energy, LLC (an energy project developer from York Harbor, Maine). Boundless Energy, LLC is the originator and one of five owners of the Neptune Regional Transmission System, a 660 MW, 110 km, submarine HVDC link being built between New Jersey and Long Island, New York.
     
  • Gulf of Maine Ocean Observatory System (GoMOOS)

    GoMOOS is a national pilot program designed to bring hourly oceanographic data from the Gulf of Maine to all those who need it, including commercial mariners, coastal resource managers, scientists, educators, search and rescue teams, emergency response teams, and public health officials.

Massachusetts

  • Julie Static Controls

    Julie Static Controls is a full service provider of Static Control Products to clients globally. The main focus of the company is to solve problems in manufacturing environments related to static and contamination, which reduce yields and cause downtime in the global marketplace.
     

  • American Advanced Power

    American Advanced Power, LLC is specialized in designing power supplies with built-in uninterruptible functions. With the same dimension format as regular computer power supplies, AAP�s UPS2 power supplies provide functions that combine regular power supplies and external UPS. Based on the same technology concepts, recently, AAP is expanding its product lines into power supplies which work with either AC or DC power source. AAP�s power supplies can be used for all computer equipment for marine computer equipment manufacturers. While most ships and boats supply only 24V DC as power sources, with UPS2 power supplies, users can use the same equipment either with 110 AC or the 24V DC. Thus, the equipment can be used on land or on the ocean.
     

  • Materials Systems Inc

    Founded in 1991, Materials Systems Inc. (MSI) develops and manufactures advanced materials and custom components for defense and commercial systems customers. MSI is the only full-service piezocomposite transducer manufacturer that is vertically integrated from raw materials synthesis to transducer design and manufacturing. The company�s products range from acoustic transducers for underwater sonar and industrial ultrasound to large sapphire windows for transparent armor and infrared surveillance.
     

  • Improper Bostonian

    The Improper Bostonian is the premier entertainment and lifestyle guide for the city of Boston. We provide extensive coverage of the people, places and events that make Boston a world-class city and present it in an attractive, graphically oriented colorful package every two weeks. Insightful and amusing articles report on the area's hottest trends. Our extensive calendar listings provide a wealth of cultural activities in a comprehensive and easy-to-use format. The Improper Bostonian is available in over 220 newsboxes as well as 700 retail locations throughout Metro-Boston. In addition, over 13,000 of our magazines are distributed to doorsteps in the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, South End, and North End.

    • International Trade Assistance Center

      The International Trade Assistance Center (ITAC) is a private non-profit organization that provides international trade assistance to companies based in Southeastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the Islands. ITAC is affiliated with all of the major chambers of commerce within the region. The mission of ITAC is to expand the region's economy by improving the international competitiveness of our local companies. The ITAC strives to help small to medium sized companies increase their exports. This mission is accomplished through partnerships with federal and state agencies.
       

  • Benthos, Inc.

    Benthos, Inc. is a leading provider of high technology products and integrated systems that are used for measurement, inspection, data collection and communication in remote and challenging environments. The Undersea Systems Division of Benthos, which includes the products of the former Datasonics, Inc., provides geophysical survey systems, side scan sonar systems, glass flotation spheres, acoustic releases, hydrophones, underwater modems, pingers and other oceanographic products for both deep and shallow water applications. The TapTone Package Inspection Division of Benthos provides package inspection systems to food, beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical and personal care processors. These systems are used to verify seal integrity, fill level, dud detection, and find other defects in consumer packages.
  • New Hampshire

  • University of New Hampshire, Cooperative Institute for New England Mariculture and Fisheries (CINEMAR)

    CINEMAR was established to provide regional leadership and integration for research, development, education, and outreach for issues of resource use, management, and preservation in New England�s waters. The Institute will focus on mariculture, fisheries science and management, and ocean policy. The UNH Open Ocean Aquaculture Demonstration Project, which was initiated in 1998, came under the administrative umbrella of CINEMAR in 2001 and will serve in future years as the cornerstone of the mariculture component of the Institute.

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    Newfoundland and Labrador companies /organizations participating in the
    Reverse Trade and Technology Mission include
    :

    Aerospace and Defence Industry Association of Nfld & Lab
    AMEC Earth & Environmental Ltd
    Atlantis Aviation Consulting

    Candian Centre for Marine Communications (CCMC)
    C-CORE
    Compusult
    Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development
    Centre for Marine CNG Inc.
    City of St. John's
    Cougar Helicopters

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada
    Fugro Jacques Geosurveys

    Genesis Centre
    GRI Simulation Inc
    Marine Institute
    Marport Canada inc.
    Medicor
    Memorial University of Newfoundland

    National Research Council Canada
    National Research Council Canada Institute for Ocean Technology
    NAVSIM Technology
    Newfoundland & Labrador Association of Technology Industries (Nati)
    Newfoundland Environmental Industry Association (NEIA)
    Newfoundland Ocean Industries Association (NOIA)
    Northstar Network Ltd.
    Northstar Technical
    Notus

    Oceans Advance
    Oceans Limited
    Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Ocean Touch Instrumentation

    Port of St. John's
    Pro Dive Marine Services
    Provincial Airlines

    Rutter Inc.

    WES Power Technologies

    2005 08 26                                   11:05 a.m.


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